J. Michael Niotta

About me:

born at the wrong time. born on the wrong coast. j. michael niotta is a southern california native who hates the sun & never learned to surf. he pens the life you won’t find in the palm tree infested brochures.

j. michael chapbook 'the devil's doin the same damn thing he's always done' out NOW w/ shadow archer press!!!

praise for 'the devil...'

"Look, the stuff is good. Quite good. Straight up - like a good half-glass of whiskey."
—Dan Fante, author of Chump Change, Mooch, Spitting off Tall Buildings, Short Dog, Kissed by a Fat Waitress and more.



an old soul, the music & american steel of the 1940’s & 50’s have always held a great allure for niotta, & although homes, jobs, cars & women are in perpetual flux in his life, music & writing have been a constant as long as he can remember. exemplary of this lifestyle, a few jobs off the author’s long odd list include hvac, diazo blueprint maker, doorman, baker, mechanic, firefighter, warehouseman, furniture mover, soldier, border patrol lookout, plumber & telemarketer.

while editor of 86 magazine he maintained the raw, edgy column: true tales of bar madness & printed some of the better lesser knowns out there. after the fold of 86, niotta released a small press lit endeavor entitled: hard fic (dan fante, miles j. bell, s.a. griffin, john bonnell...) then threw his penhand at the indie lit rag community.

j. michael niotta's fiction, pomes, prose, interviews, journalism pieces & essays have been accepted for publication in such forums as gloom cupboard (UK), saint vitus press, fissure, underground voices, word riot, eviscerator heaven, zygote in my coffee, sinister compendium, sullivan, san diego city beat, the san diego reader, mumbles, lit up magazine, luciole press, the delinquent (UK), gutter eloquence...



over the years j. michael niotta has played bass in several rock n roll & punk bands, performing on bills with such acts as social distortion, swingin utters, youth brigade, u.s. bombs, face to face, rocket from the crypt, aus rotten, the vibrators, deadbolt, the forgotten, one man army, good riddance, pansy division, koffin kats, rezurex, faraway boys, atomic 3...

he is now plucking the upright as well & performing on the electric bass with Embalmers.

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(UK) THE DELINQUENT #8 (116 pages!!! perfect bound, glossy color cover) pome -Shine Tiger, Shine-

SINISTER COMPENDIUM (Winter 08 Issue) short stories -SF- & -The Pope, The Cops & The Bums Of Skid Row-

FISSURE #5 short story -Drugstore Cowboy- & pome -Those With Nothing Only Need A Nudge.- Released Feb 09.

For a print copy of 86 MAGAZINE send a money order to
j. michael niotta, PO BOX 16602 San Diego, CA 92176.
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Jan 06 issue features j. michael niotta's column 'True Tales Of Bar Madness,' poetry by S.A. Griffin, a pictorial spread of Blue Blood fetish doll Scar 13, & interviews w/ Gang Green’s Chris Doherty/Dropkick Murphy’s Marc Orell, & Morrissey guitarist Alain White.

Feb 06 issue, the famed Punks Vs. Psychos issue SOLD OUT SOLD OUT contains j. michael flash short 'The Writer,' another installment of 'True Tales Of Bar Madness,' poetry by S.A. Griffin & UK's Miles J. Bell, plus an intw w/ Hank Von Helvette of Turbonegro & a pictorial of BYO's Vegas Punk Rock Bowling.

Mar 06 issue. j. michael pome 'One Hell Of A Memory,' column 'True Tales Of Bar Madness,' poetry by Dan Provost & Miles J. Bell. j. michael intw w/ UFC Heavy Weight Contender Brandon 'The Truth' Vera & j. michael write up paying homage to Jack Kerouac. Centerfold Spread w/ Brenna & bloody pictorial coverage of the British Invasion Tour Riot.

Promo issue. OUT OF PRINT!!!! Only 100 pressed.